nuggs_1 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Can anyone confirm that sending MMC (stop, play etc.) messages from the Helix works? Appreciate it, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 I can confirm that Helix will send MMC messages. Using MIDIOX you can see the sysex messages in the monitor. Whether your device will work with MMC is dependent on the device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuggs_1 Posted September 18, 2019 Author Share Posted September 18, 2019 Thank you sir, I thought so, I do see the sysex messages in midi-ox as well. It turns out Akai is lying when they say the Force responds to MMC. Sending play sometimes works and stop just restarts all the clips at the beginning. What a colossal piece of crap this thing has turned out to be. Seriously, anyone who complains about Line 6 support, updates etc, should go buy an Akai product. The “support specialist” I am dealing with has no idea what MMC is. Line 6 support blows these guys out of the water, at least in my experience. End rant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd2rk Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 (edited) FWIW: These are the MMC commands sent by Helix, in the order they're listed in the drop-down The number in the first column is the actual MMC command (from MIDIOX). EXAMPLE MMC COMMAND: F0 7F 7F 06 01 F7 = STOP 01 Stop 02 Play 04 Fast Forward 05 Rewind 09 Pause (pause playback) 08 Record Pause 06 Record Strobe (AKA [[Punch in/out|Punch In]]) 07 Record Exit (AKA [[Punch out (music)|Punch out]]) The left hand column below is what MMC messages AKAI thinks Force can be controlled by (from the AKAI Force manual). The right hand column is what the Force does when it receives that message. MMC Deferred Play Play MMC Locate Zero, then Deferred Play Play Start MMC Stop Stop MMC Record Strobe Record (Rec) MMC Pause Stop MMC Locate values Change location in clip These are all of the MMC commands (from wikipedia). 01 Stop 02 Play 03 Deferred Play (play after no longer busy) 04 Fast Forward 05 Rewind 06 Record Strobe (AKA [[Punch in/out|Punch In]]) 07 Record Exit (AKA [[Punch out (music)|Punch out]]) 08 Record Pause 09 Pause (pause playback) 0A Eject (disengage media container from MMC device) 0B Chase 0D MMC Reset (to default/startup state) 40 Write (AKA Record Ready, AKA Arm Tracks) parameters: <length1> 4F <length2> <track-bitmap-bytes> 44 Goto (AKA Locate) Hope that helps! Edited September 18, 2019 by rd2rk corrected for oops! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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